Re: How many Packards like mine where made that year?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/8/27 10:13:17

You really should give the vehicle number when asking that question - but I'm assuming you have the 4-door sedan Eight DeLuxe (2362) and not the Club Sedan DeLuxe (2365). I presume you mean made (titled) as 1949, not actually manufactured in 1949? That's a different question. Are you sure you have a 1949 (2363-XXXXX) and not a 1950 (2362-5-XXXXX)?

Mr. Neal in his recent book estimates a 28,050 total of the 2362 for the 23rd series, distributed as 15,025 as 23rd series 1949 models, and 13,025 as 1950 models. Packard records by individual body style are spotty and it was only in later years that they kept them at all.

To answer you exact question, 33,050 DeLuxe Eights were manufactured as 23rd series cars, including both body styles; 14,650 were built at 1949 models. Again an estimate by Mr. Neal in his outstanding new book on these cars.